Thursday, July 7, 2022

MAUNA LANI TURTLE INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION

 July 3 and 4, 2022

Turtle Independence Day Celebration

Laura Jim and Marc Rice along with 5 HPA student volunteers traveled to the Mauna Lani Auberge Resort on Sunday, 7/3/22 to weigh and measure the 6 - 3 year old honu that were to be released on July 4th into the waters of Mauna Lani Bay.  There was a nice group of hotel guests and visitors that joined us while we did the measurements and health assessments.  They had lots of questions about the turtles, HPA and we did our best to involve the many children that were there in the whole process.  

It took about two hours to complete all of the work on the honu after which we conducted a question and answer session for anyone interested in attending.  There were only a half-dozen folks there but it was a fun discussion anyhow.

July 4th, 2022

The work began at about 0700 h on the 4th as we set up our information booth and display.  The focus of the day was honu entanglement and the various threats that still confront them.  Four of Sunday's HPA student volunteers joined us again on Monday to help answer questions at the booth and hand out brochures and other information.  

The festivities surrounding the honu release began around 0900 and, at least for us, culminated when our three environmental heros (Phyllis Kanekuni, Wendy Noritake and Cindy Punihaole) helped to release one the honu named Keala’akau.

The crowd of people witnessing the release was much smaller that past years but was of a size that allowed everyone to view the releases which was really nice.  

Below is a short video of the events on the two days:







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